Junior Software Developer Bingley, England
Job description
About Damart:
If you would like to work for one of Europe’s biggest senior lifestyle brands, look no further than Damart. We are a leading provider of fashion, footwear and home & garden products aimed at the senior customer market. Damart can be found in the UK, France and Belgium distributing products to over 10million customers worldwide.
We are passionate about our customers and our excellent reputation stems from the key benefits we offer our customers – outstanding value for money, excellent customer service, speedy delivery and comfortable, stylish clothing. When you join us, you’ll be joining a company that’s focused on putting the customer at the heart of everything we do.
Job Overview:
You will help create and test software within a skilled team and be looking to develop your career whilst working in a collaborative environment. The role will involve researching, designing, building, and managing computer and application software, whilst applying scientific and technological principles to user needs, write code, and ensure software functionality.
Key areas of responsibility:
- Maintain and support existing systems across all areas of the business, to optimise business continuity and improve performance.
- Assist in creating new systems and software applications from design to deployment, helping to drive innovation whilst offering new ideas and providing solutions.
- Attend regular code review sessions and support with the writing and repair of computer code for optimum performance.
- Produce detailed and relevant technical documentation to record development processes.
- Perform trials, testing and quality checks to support successful delivery or implementation.
- Use structured methodologies (SDLC) to analyse, design and code software ensuring the business is provided with the required levels of support.
- Attend to assigned tickets in a timely and effective manner to resolve issues, minimise disruption and maintain SLA’s.
- Support with new and existing projects to secure successful project delivery.
Who we’re looking for:
First and foremost, you will have a passion for software development; this will go hand in hand with a solid academic or vocational background and an aptitude for solving problems analytically and creatively. Ideally, you will have some commercial experience under your belt and already started your software journey. It would be an advantage to know coding languages (Python, Node-JS) and you will need problem-solving and critical-thinking skills and the ability to understand the software development process.
Benefits:
- Competitive salary
- A hybrid role, working from home Monday and Friday, with the rest of the week based at our UK head office in the centre of Bingley
- Free onsite parking, and within 5 minutes' walk of Bingley train station
- Subsidised onsite canteen
- 50% Damart colleague discount & other retail discounts
- 31 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
- Auto enrolment company pension
- Retail discounts & 20% off EE
- Salary sacrifice such as cycle to work, electronic vehicle leasing and buy & sell holidays
- Access to 24/7 GP service through our Employee Assistance Programme
